Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-21
AN ICE MANS FORTUNE
ONE OF THE RNEJTED HEIRS
40 S12.OOO,OOO.

! Onhrles EFeund, a FOREMAN Tor nay
wood, Gage i Co, informed That An
Immense Estate is Awaiting Him to
! Claim It in P4raguay--A Chance for a
| Big specu alton.
/ 81 would like To get an introduction to
/ your millionaire driver" said MORN
/ ING NEWS reporter to one OF the head
men in Haywood, Gage Il Co.'s Office yes
! terday.
aren't you mistaken? This Is not a
street railway company's office, and we
don't have millionaire drivers for our ice
carts that l am aware Of" was the reply.
But / have learned that one OF your
men has fallen heir TO big fortune or
struck the capital prize in two or three
lotteries or something OF that kind" re-
marked the reporter.
The gentleman raised window and
! called to a dark-haired, full whiskered
man who was sitting on platform out
| SIDE. "Charlle, have you heard of any
body around here VINO mas suddenly come
into few million dOllars|
A COOL TWELVE MILLION,
The man dropped the MORNING News.
! which he had been reading, and nonchal-
antiy inquired how many millions,
lien or twelve" prompted the NEWS
man, and the clerk replied: Twelve mil
| lious.'
That seemed to be q sufficiently specific
answer, and, with the air OF a man who
has pretty good reasons Tor thinking that
| ne was referred 10 and no other driver,
| the reader moGestly said:
"1 es, / guess | heard something about
1t. have just received a letter this
morning from my father telling me that
| II m n hIa n 4 lodi Dnt.s
our family are the only heirs. The estate
mas been stated to be worth l2,0O0.000.
"trancs"' inquired the reporter.
mo, no; dollars" Was tue response,
HIS FATHERS FORTUNE.
''See, here is the letter, and this is what
1t says" The letter was IN German,
postmarked Lemnitz, and addressed tC
"Mr. Charles Freund, Q Indian street,
Savannah, Ga, n. A"
There was not any doubt about the
amount, for it was as plainly written as
ever German words were, in their angu-
| lar script. "Only $1,000, 900" it would be
translated, and Mr.. Freund smiled as he
re-read the lines.
Yes! Only $12,OG00CO. Quite a snug
little sum. Ii it was right we'll invested
l reckon man ought TO manage 10 live
tolerably comfortably on the income. |
never tried it, for | never had to. but
expect l could manage to exist Oh the in-
terest OF my share of that amount if 1
ever get it,"
THE LUCKY HEIR,
MIR. Freuud stated that he knows moth
ing further of his reported good luck than
what his father wrote him. He is him.
self man of apparently IS. His face Is
covered with beard, and be would be
taken for European even II his accent
was not heard. A COUSIN of his fathers
Lett home in LemafSz fifteen years ago. b
says, and went frst to Brazil and after
ward 10 Paraguay, South America. The
cousin had chips, but beyond that Mr.
Freund does not know what the nature of
his relatives business was. Mr.. Freund is
| apoltlcal refugee, and be remarked signifi-
canGly that he would not care to return
home just now. He did not care to tails
| much on that subject, perhaps on account
of his modesty, for he seems to be OF a
very quiet nature aud has pleasant man.
ner o. speaking.
FLED FROM AUSTRIA.
The misunderstanding at present exist
| ing between himself and Francis Joseph
| L., ls said to be due to some volunteer
service which Mr.. Freund did in the
| Turkish army seven or eight years ago
| against the Austrian arr'e should the
present European war cloud eliminate
IN a storm involving Austria, Francis
! Joseph Will decree amnesty to political
| Offenders il they will JOIN his standard.
! In that case II is probable that Savannah
Will lose resident and the Austrian
| army u soldier.
IL the meantime, however, Mr., Freund
! Will take steps TO get possession of his re
-latiYe's estate for his father and the other
| heirs, If there is any SUCH property as is
| reported. His father is a large cOntrac-
| tor, furnishing provisions for the Aus
| TRAN army. Mr.. Freund says that his
relatives at home wrote to him to look
/ after the windfall, as 1t Is on this side OF
the ocean, and they write as though it
was only little ways from Savannah to
| Paraguay, he added. He has been In the
| United States seven years and in Savan-
nah four years, all OF the time with Hay
wood, Gage & Co.
WILLING TO SELL OUT.
81 will sell out our interest for one
! hall OF the amount, yes, Tor One-tenth VI
ii right nOw," Mr.. Freuud observed.
The reporter shifted a bland dollar from
one pocket across to the other so as to
balance couple halves, and then mad
TO reluctantly despair OF closing the offer,
because it was after banking hours and
Mr.. Freund gave the refusal only for the
! moment. MIR. Freund will most likely
/ correspond with Congressman Norwood
and request him to interest the state De-
! partment in looking after the property.
"YA'S OSH ERE"